200 Quick and Convenient, Daily Common Core Reading Passages--Text Dependent Questions, Close Reading, Multiple Choice, Informational Text--- The Standard is Written Next to Each Question for Easy Progress Monitoring--Inferences, Main Idea, Compare and Contrast Themes, Summarizing, Point of View--All Common Core Literature and Informational Text Standards are Included--Many Standards Repeat Across the Weeks For Steady Common Core Review--Written at Different Levels of Bloom's Taxonomy$

A game for 2 or 3 players. Each player chooses a color pencil they will use in the game. Players take turns rolling the dice, using the numbers that they rolled to draw the perimeter of a rectangle or square & writing the area in the middle of the shape. Game ends when players run out of room to draw. Winner is the player who has used the largest area/most squares.

Great game for area and perimeter. Each has a different color pencil. Game ends when there's no more room to draw. Winner is the one with the greatest area (most squares)

Area Dice Game A game for 2 or 3 players. Each player chooses a colour pencil or texta they will use in the game. Players take turns rolling the dice, using the numbers that they rolled to draw the perimeter of a rectangle or square writing the area in the middle of the shape. Game ends when players run out of room to draw. Winner is the player who has used the largest area/most squares.

Area Game -- A game for 2 or 3 players. Each player chooses a colour pencil or marker they will use in the game. Players take turns rolling the dice, using the numbers that they rolled to draw the perimeter of a...

Area Dice Game A game for 2 or 3 players. Each player chooses a colored pencil they will use in the game. Players take turns rolling the dice, using the numbers that they rolled to draw the perimeter of a rectangle or square & writing the area in the middle of the shape. Game ends when players run out of room to draw. Winner is the player who has used the largest area/most squares.

Common Core and So Much More: Time to Reorganize: Tips From Two Teachers. I love the binder covers.

Teacher Organization - I would use this inside of my classroom to keep all of my papers organized and help myself remember what's coming up. I would have a "teaching survival folder" that includes a calendar, as well as other folders labeled "Common Core" and "Lesson Plans", etc.

Common Core and So Much More: Time to Reorganize: Tips From Two Teachers! Really good ideas! Check it out.

I've done this with my students-but I like this bookmark idea added in :) The new Common Core Standards requires students to closely read text and defend their ideas. Use these bookmarks to help students remember

All about the flip books and interactive notebooks! Next year!

Plot foldable in Interactive Notebook with definitions of elements! Students could make one of their own for their interactive notebooks. This could also be used as an anchor chart to complete as a class.

FREE Easy Pencil Management Idea~ Teacher puts each student's number on their pencil and they are challenged to keep it throughout the week. At Friday's check-in students who have succeeded are acknowledged, and those who need a new pencil get one. Done! Ladybug's Teacher File on TpT has everything you need, or read more about it at LTF's blog that links to this pin!

The Great Pencil Challenge (managing pencils!) Good idea!

The Great Pencil Challenge (managing pencils!) and other cute classroom ideas

Turn fractions to decimals to percents foldable. a student asked me why the other teacher and i put grades differently (me with 5/20 and him with 4/10 on different assignments- why don't we do percentages she asks....) oh bother

Turn fractions to decimals to percents foldable. I know I always struggled with converting fractions to decimals and percents. This shows students an easy way to do it! -Kelsey Struhar

Example should be shown on the Promethean Board..follow by having the student enter this into their Math Journals: Turn fractions to decimals to percents foldable. A student asked me why the other teacher and I put grades differently (me with 5/20 and him with 4/10 on different assignments- why don't we do percentages she asks....) oh bother... (Sounds like Winnie the Pooh!)

Math Foldables

Turn fractions to decimals to percents foldable - This blog is FULL of interactive notebook ideas!!

LOVE this! Hide Common Core questions under their seat and announce 'hot seat' sometime during the day. Whoever has a question under their seat has to answer it :) Perfect way to review/have fun! Preschool-- letter, number, and sight word review

Common Core Math Hot Seats! Before the students enter the classroom, I hide a hot seat or two under their chairs. Then their challenge is to come up with the answer! If they are having trouble answering the question, then they are allowed to 'phone a friend' and ask someone at their table for help.

Website where you can type in text and it will turn it into a shape! Perfect for poetry writing. Perfect for our LS Poetry Project in February! For more information about K12 International Academy go to www.icademy.com/

Website where you can type in text and it will turn it into a shape! Great for poetry writing, quotes, Valentine's Day....

This is a cool site that let's you type in your own words and produce this on the spot. @Gail Mounier Calico hannal type tool for text shapes

This website can use your student's words and it will turn it into a shape! Perfect for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day with kids' quotes & funny sayings or a poem or story they had to write in school, Christmas, and even for religious days or events.